A Markovian System Is Currently at Stage 1

question 33

Multiple Choice

A Markovian system is currently at stage 1.To determine the state of the system at stage 6, we must have, in addition to the transition matrix, the state probabilities at:

• A)stage 5.
• B)stage 1.
• C)any stage, up to and including 5.
• D)no stage values are needed.

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